Revolving holder for tooth paste and tooth brushes



April 9, 1957 a WHITE REVOLVING HOLDER FOR TOOTH PASTE AND TOOTH BRUSHESFiled July '29, 1955.

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United States Patent Ofiee 2,788,130 Patented Apr. 9, 1957 REVOLVINGHOLDER FOR TOOTH PASTE AND TOOTH BRUSHES John Claude White, Newtown, Pa.

Application July 29, 1955, Serial No. 525,170

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-65) The present invention, a revolving holder for aplurality of tooth brushes and for a container of tooth paste, includesan upwardly projecting bracket attachable to a vertical wall surface, inthe upper end of which is removably swiveled an upwardly opening,cylindrical cup having an outwardly projecting flange or collar formedwith a circumferential series of apertures adapted to receive aplurality of tooth brushes, the device including a lift means removablysupported within the cup and so proportioned as to facilitate thelifting of the tooth paste container from a position in which it issupported within the cup.

Among important objects of the invention are the following: to providean attractive, compact device readily attachable to a vertical wallsurface and representing a relatively small lateral projection from saidsurface;

To provide a supporting bracket capable of being formed from a singlelength of tubular material in such a manner as to adapt the bracket atone end for connection to the wall surface and at its other end as avertically disposed bearing for a depending spindle of the cup;

To permit the swift rotatable adjustment of the cup to provide access toany of the supported brushes;

To facilitate the removal of the tooth paste container; and

To adapt the device to hold any of various sizes or shapes ofcontainers, including not only containers of the collapsible tube type,but also cans of tooth powder, etc.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claimappended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like referencecharacters designate like parts throughout the several views, andwherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view; and

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 22 of Figure 1.

A stationary support bracket is formed from a single length of tubularmaterial having an inclined intermediate portion merging at its lowerend into a flattened attaching flange 12 lying in a vertical plane andhaving vertically spaced openings receiving screws 14 or equivalentfastening elements adapted to be engaged in the surface of a wall W.

At its upper end, intermediate portion 10 merges into a relativelyshort, vertically disposed, upwardly opening bearing sleeve 16 on whichis rotatably supported an upwardly opening, elongated, cylindrical cup18 having a flat bottom 20. Bottom 20 is in contact with the open upperextremity of the bearing sleeve 16, and fixed to and'depending from thecenter of cup bottom 20 is a spindle 22 substantially smaller indiameter than the inner diameter of the bearing sleeve 16 and extendingfor substantially the full length of the bearing sleeve within the same.Integral or otherwise made rigid with spindle 22 at locations spacedaxially thereof are collars 24 engaging the inner surface of the bearingsleeve 16 to stabilize the spindle during rotation of the same.

Fixedly secured to the side wall of cup 18, intermediate the upper andlower ends of the cup, is a planiform, annular collar 26 extendingthrough the full circumference of the cup and formed, at uniformlyspaced locations about its circumference, with arcuate, slot-likeopenings 28 adapted to receive the handles of tooth brushes B with thebrush heads supported upon the upper surface of the flange or collar.

A lift rod 30 extends the full length of the cup within the same, inengagement with the side wall of the cup, and at its upper end has anoutwardly directed, short handle 32, while having at its lower end aflat, circular container support member 34 projecting laterally from thelength of rod 30 in a direction opposite that in which the handle 32extends. Support member 34 is of a diameter slightly less than the innerdiameter of the cup, and is adapted to provide a support for a containerC. Illustrated is a collapsible tube, but cans of tooth powder or othertypes of containers can be supported with equal efficiency.

Ordinarily, as the contents of a collapsible tube are used, the tube isrolled up, becoming increasingly shorter in length. This would makediflicult the extraction of the same from the cup, but the lift means30, 32, 34 facilitate the extraction of the container from the cup,merely by an upward lift exerted upon the handle 32.

In use, the cup is rotated to any position desired to permit insertionor removal of a brush B, and in any position to which the cup isrotated, handle 32 is disposed to be readily grasped and lifted for thepurpose of removing the container C.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confinedto the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may beutilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the inventionto be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated anddescribed, since such construction is only intended to be illustrativeofthe principles of operation and the means presently devised to carryout said principles, it being considered that the invention comprehendsany minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scopeof the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A revolving holder for a tooth paste container and for tooth brushes,comprising: a bracket comprising an elongated member having anintermediate portion inclined from the horizontal, an attaching flangeat the lower end of the intermediate portion disposed in a verticalplane and formed with vertically spaced openings adapted to receivefastening elements for extension of said fastening elements into thesurface of a supporting wall, said bracket including an upwardly openingupper end portion rigid with the upper end of the inclined intermediateportion; a cup having a side wall of substantial height and a closedbottom, for receiving a tooth paste container; spindle means dependingcentrally from the bottom of the cup and rotatably engaged upon theupper end portion of the bracket; a planiform, annular collar rigid withand extending about the full circumference of the cup at a locationspaced a substantial distance above the bottom of the cup, said collarbeing formed with uniformly, angularly spaced openings adapted toreceive the handles of tooth brushes, the collar being disposed in aplane a substantial distance above the inclined intermediate portion ofthe bracket, whereby the handles of the tooth brushes may extenddownwardly below the bottom of the collar and below the upper endportion of the bracket, for travel of the lower extremities of thebrushes in a circular path extending about the inclined intermediateportion of the bracket; and a lift rod of a length corresponding to theheight of the side wall removably positioned within the cup inengagement with said side wall, said lift rod being formed at its upperend with an outwardly directed, short handle terminating inwardly fromthe outer peripher'y' of said flange so as none interfere with toothbrushes' Refereuces Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATESPATENTS 1,206,321 Hammesfahr Nov. 28, 1916 1,228,261 Taylor May 29, 19171,252,207 Walker Jan. 1, 1918 1,342,243

Wilson June 1, 1920

